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J. H. VANTASSEL.

I GLOVE FASTENING. No. 311,391. Patented Jan. 27, 1885.

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UNITED STATES 'ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY VANTASSEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,391, dated January 27, 1885.

Application filed October 11, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY VAN'IAS- sEL, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove- Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a view of a glove provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of my improved cord-fastener on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 3 is a similar view of the preferred form of lacing-eye.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of glove or shoe fastenings in which a lacing cord is passed through a number of eyes or hooks at both edges of the slit or opening in the glove 0r shoe, for the purpose of drawing said edges together at once by drawing at the end of the cord; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the button by means of which the end of the cord is held, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the glove, which is provided with a number of eyes, B. at both edges 0 O of the usual slit, D, through which eyes the lacingcord Eris drawn, secured at its ends to the inner eyes, passed alternately through the eyes at bot-h edges of the flap, the two portions of the cord crossing each other, whereupon the doubled end may be secured to a fastening-button, F, near the end of one of the flaps, after the cord has been drawn tight, so as to bring the edges of the slit together.

The lacing-eyes are preferably constructed as shown in Fig. 3, consisting of a pieceof wire formed with two eyes, a and b, at right angles to each other, through one, a, of which eyes a rivet, G, is passed, which, after being passed through the flap of the glove, is provided with a washer, H; but it follows that any construction of hook or eye may be used for the passage of the lacing-cord.

The fasteningbutton consists of a concavoconvex disk, I, through the center of which passes a shank or rivet, J ,which passes through the flap of the glove, whereupon it is riveted over a perforation in the center of a sheet-metal spring-washer, K, having its edges L turned in between the body of the washer and the flap, toward the shank of the rivet, forming a spring or elastic cushion, which will allow the button to be raised from the surface of the glove-flap by the cord, and will cause the button to bear firmly against the cord, holding the doubled end-of the cord and preventing it from slipping. so as to allow the slit to open.

I am aware that it is not new to have a cord passed through lace eyes or hooks at the edges of the slit in a glove or shoe, and I make no claim for such construction; but

I claim 1. In a fastening for the end of a lacingcord, the combination of a button having a shank at its center, with a spring-washer secured at the end of the shank, and having its edges turned inward toward the shank to form a spring-cushion, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. A fastening for the end of a lacingcord, consisting of a concavo-convex disk, a shank passed through the center of the disk, and through the material to which the fastening is secured, and a sheet-metal spring-washer secured upon the end of the shank, and having its edges turned inward toward the shank to form a spring-cushion, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HENRY VANTASSEL.

Witnesses:

HENRY O. O. SoHLneEL, AROHIE W. TAFT. 

